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Title: Shewey's Pictorial St. Louis Past and Present
Date: 1892
Description: Shewey's Pictorial St. Louis is an illustrated guide to the life and times of St. Louisans and the buildings around them. Detailed descriptions of significant structures and historical events.

Title: The Saint Louis of To-Day
Date: 1888
Description: Travel guide to St. Louis with an index of businesses and illustrations of buildings in 1888 put together by the Western Commercial Travellers' Association.

Title: Building T-302
Date: 1952-02-07
Description: Condition of Building T-302, 7 February 1952. Miscellaneous Service Office.

Title: Flooded Building
Description: Flood waters reaching shoreside buildings and parking lot, buildings in background.

Title: From Courthouse. North
Description: Photograph of St. Louis looking north from the courthouse. Looking across Chestnut Street, the Planter's Hotel on the right takes up a large portion of the image. Various buildings on Broadway can be seen on the left.

Title: Sainte Genevieve, First Brick House
Description: First brick house west of the Mississippi, built about 1785 at Ste. Genevieve, still standing and formerly used as a courthouse. Now a soft-drink parlor downstairs.

Title: Street Scene, Saint Louis
Description: Downtown St. Louis street scene. Pedestrians out walking the sidewalks. Ice cream shop in the foreground.

Title: Sunken Gardens, Christ Church Cathedral, and Public Library
Description: This image is a view of the sunken garden in Lucas Park looking toward the southeast. Immediately beyond the park, from left to right are building which include Christ Church Cathedral in the foreground, the Civil Courts building in the background, and the St. Louis Public Library respectively.

Title: Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri
Description: View of Union Station hotel and train station from the corner of Chestnut Street and 18th Street in downtown St. Louis. Numerous commuters and vehicles are shown entering and exiting the immense station.

Title: Art Museum, Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri
Description: A view of the St. Louis Art Museum in Forest Park from Art Hill. The St. Louis Art Museum was originally designed by Cass Gilbert and David Chipperfield and built as the Palace of Fine Arts for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the 1904 World's Fair. Directly in front of the Art Museum is a statue called The Apotheosis of St. Louis, a likeness of King Louis IX of France who is the patron saint

Title: Globe-Democrat Building
Description: 6.25x9 in photograph of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat Building at Pine and 6th Streets.

Title: Missouri Building
Date: 1904
Description: Photograph of the Missouri building at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. This was a temporary structure demolished after the fair. The World's Fair Pavilion was then built on this site.

Title: Chamber of Commerce
Description: 9.25x7 in photograph of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce taken from the intersection of Third and Chestnut Streets.

Title: Old Courthouse. 1870.
Date: 1870
Description: 20x16 in photograph of a one-story log structure. The front is labeled Old Courthouse. 1870. On the back is written "1st Theatre / Blacksmith."

Title: Benoist Residence in 1790
Date: 1790
Description: 20x16 in Photograph of the Benoist Home at the northeast corner of Main and Elm. The Benoist family is most strongly associated with the banking firm of Louis A. Benoist & Company.

Title: Stranger's Guide to St. Louis
Date: 1867
Description: WHAT TO SEE AND HOW TO SEE IT, IN AND AROUND THE CITY, COMPRISING NOTICES OF EVERY OBJECT OF INTEREST TO STRANGERS INCLUDING public buildings, churches, hotels, public halls, places of amusement and recreation, parks, gardens, libraries, reading rooms, literary institutions, etc., etc., WITH CITY MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

Title: Palaces of Education and Social Economy
Date: 1904
Description: 8x6 in photograph of the Palaces of Education and Social Economy at the 1904 World's Fair. This image is of the buildings at night viewed from across the Grand Basin.

Title: Sketch Book of Saint Louis
Date: 1858
Description: Containing a series of sketches of the early settlement, public buildings, hotels, railroads, steamboats, foundry and machine shops, mercantile houses, grocers, manufacturing houses, &c.

Title: St. Louis Up To Date
Date: 1895
Description: This promotional directory for the year the 1895 features a history of St. Louis, a listing and description of major businesses and industries operating in St. Louis, and photographs of landmarks and buildings.

Title: Autos and Partition Sale
Description: Cars parked near streetcar tracks, Saint Louis, Missouri. Large building in background has signage stating that building is for sale (partition sale) at auction.

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